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x99 is the way to go for me this year

dont want 4k and want something better than 1440p? this bad boy will suit your needs sweet spot

pixel fillrate
The number of pixels the card can render to the screen every second. Before pixel shader processing became the more limiting factor, this was the most accurate measure of performance (along with texel fill rate).
 texture fillrate
The number of textured pixels the card can render to the screen every second. To render a 3D scene, textures are mapped over the top of polygon meshes. This is called texture mapping and is accomplished by texture mapping units (TMUs) on the videocard. Texture fill rate is a measure of the speed with which a particular card can perform texture mapping.
source:http://www.gpureview.com/

pixel fillrate
The number of pixels the card can render to the screen every second. Before pixel shader processing became the more limiting factor, this was the most accurate measure of performance (along with texel fill rate).
 texture fillrate
The number of textured pixels the card can render to the screen every second. To render a 3D scene, textures are mapped over the top of polygon meshes. This is called texture mapping and is accomplished by texture mapping units (TMUs) on the videocard. Texture fill rate is a measure of the speed with which a particular card can perform texture mapping.
source:http://www.gpureview.com/

10/10 no worth all this hype 

NCIX: http://bit.ly/1k7sMqv
Amazon: http://georiot.co/3Q2o
 
The NVIDIA Tegra Note 7 isn't exactly new, but it's definitely new for Luke so we had him try out a tablet for the first time.
 

Morons.

I guess Hollywood missed out on a payment... 

Well that's neat, Time for popcorntime to make a comeback.
 
http://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/judge-confirms-viewing-pirated-material-is-not-copyright-infringement/

WOW!! MAYBE IT WILL BE A NEW LINE OF CPU'S WITH BETTER SINGLE CORE PERFO.......
 
 
oh wait it's AMD so it won't be.

Kinda looks like a CPU die... 
Ooooor, it could be this,
 

Long before the 290X graced the enthusiast scene with its loud reference cooler and 95 degree load temps, there was the GTX 480, the original bad boy of the GPU scene. Showing up (fashionably) late to the  party in Q1 2010, 6 months behind the ATI Radeon 5000 series, it certainly had a lot to answer for. Fermi being NVidia’s first foray into DX11, it was not without its share of teething issues. After being delayed for so long due to manufacturing problems, it finally released and took a respectable performance lead over the ATI 5870. But at a cost.
 
One fault that NVidia was not able to iron out in time was the heat, and boy did this card run hot. NVidia tried every trick in the book with their reference cooler in order to tame this beast. The most advanced vapor chamber cooler on the market, an external 4 heat pipe design, they even cut holes into the BACK of the PCB in order to feed the fan more air. But alas it was not enough. The card ran at a scorching 95 degrees under load, all while sounding like it was about to take off and join the mothership. And back then there was not boost clock, base clock voodoo temperature profile, power limit nonsense. The Card ran at whatever you set it to (a blistering 701 MHz at stock), and the fan would spin as fast as it needed to in order keep the GPU at or under 95 degrees. And if you happened to live in a particularly hot part of Australia, and it also happened to be summer, the fan spinning at 100% was not always enough to keep it cool. Resulting in random game crashes and graphical errors. At which point your options were as follows:
1.     Increase GPU ventilation in the case
2.     Invest in air conditioning
3.     Move to Antarctica
4.     Manually down clock the card to keep temps in check.
It was a simpler time. But that’s enough of a history lesson for today, lets get comparing the 480 to its closest modern equivalent the GTX 780.
 
Now the choice to compare the 480 and the 780 may seem a strange one at first, but they are extremely similar in terms of where they stand within their respective families. They are both slightly cut down versions of their architectures flagship GPU. The 480, with 480 Cuda cores, is missing one cluster from a full GF100 core, which has 512 cores. And The 780 has 2304 cores, while a Full GK110 core has 2880. And as far as these two cards are concerned that’s where the similarities end. 4 years is a long time, and the 480 begins to show its age when we take a closer look at the GPU-Z screenshots below.
 


 
 
One of the most noticeable differences is the amount of VRAM, a mere 1.5Gb, and the lower number of well…everything.
We should all be fairly familiar with what a 780 reference cooler looks like, but some of you reading this would have seen a reference 480 cooler, so here it is.
 



 
Notice the 4 heat pipes sticking out the top, the extra holes cut into the back of the PCB, and the metal heat sink directly above the GPU. That block of metal is directly attached to the vapor chamber, so don’t go touching it while the card is under load, unless you welcome 3rd degree burns. Also this particular 480 is a Dell OEM card, hence the metal support bracket on the end, retail 480’s don’t have this feature.
 
But the most important question of course is how does it perform in modern games? 4 years is a long time in the pc hardware space, but this card was at one point the best money could buy, and a 1.5Gb frame buffer is more than enough for 1080p gaming. So let’s see how it performs against a 780 in gaming scenarios.
 
Test System (full specs in signature)
·        I5 3570
·        8gb @ 1600Mhz
·        Sabertooth Z77
·        NVidia 337.50 Drivers
 
Benchmark Settings
·        Unigine Valley Extreme HD preset
·        Batman Arkham Origins 1080p, Max settings, 8xMSAA, PhysX off
·        Tomb Raider 1080p, ultimate
·        Metro Last light 1080p, Very High, SSAA off, 16xAF, PhysX off
·        Bioshock Infinite 1080p, Ultra with Alternate Lighting
 

 
 
480 average performance compared to 780 is: 39.8%
 
4 years is a very long time indeed. With the latest drivers the 480 manages only 40% of the performance on average of the 780. But when you take into account that a 780 will cost you $500 US new, and a 480 can be had on ebay for around the $100-$120 mark, that difference is not so bad. If you eased of the AA and some of the other settings, a 480 can provide a very respectable gaming experience. Standing somewhere performance wise between a 660 and a 760. Which is not too bad at all.
 
If you enjoyed this little blast from the past please say so in the thread below. I also have many older flagship cards from yesteryear (8800 ultra anyone?) if anyone is interested in hearing how the stack up in modern games. Thanks for reading!

Not really feeling these boards. The look of them just reminds me of a car dealership. 

how did you know the secrete D:

I read somewhere that corsair sleeving isnt that great co pared to DIY

source:http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx

how*
and i don't see the problem in liking both worlds c:

Hi guys. After spending the whole day (or most of the day) inside, or staring at a computer screen, does the world seem...surreal to you? This has happened to me a couple of times already, even doing things like playing piano where I stare at black and white keys for over an hour. Everything seems like a dream...whatever I touch, I see, I feel, just seems unreal. Even as I'm typing this, I feel surreal. Hope I'm not the only one on this large community that experiences this.
 
Have a good night/day,
 
 
HG

source:http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx

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and i don't see the problem in liking both worlds c:

Hi there,
 
I've been on these boards a few times, but never singed up as I never really post mostly lurk and read. However, as I have started my new build for my 30th birthday (in May) I have been getting into some trouble with it, and needed help thought I sing up here, and seek help as needed. I will post my questions in the appropriate section. I have attached a picture that is a bit dated, and had a few upgrades since then. Right now I am trying to get my entire system under water, so I will be posting some questions in that section. I am dominantly a OSX user, but I just love to tinker with PC's and have been building more so for the sake of build rather than actual production. However, with this beast I cant not go to my 07 Mac Pro haha.
 
Spec's,
i7 4930k
Asus X79 Delux w/AC wifi (works fairly well in my house)
Adata 64gb @2400
Samsung EVO 840 500gb @Raid 0
3X GTX 780 Classy
Evga SuperNova G2 1300w
Corsair 750D
 
Things that have been removed from that photo are Corsair H105 (stock intel cooler is on it for now), Corsair RM1000 (failed first Corsair PSU to fail on me had about a dozen), and added a third card.
 
Thanks
 
Update: Here is what it looks like right now, but soon should have all the water stuff in it. Looks like a Zombie haha.

how*
and i don't see the problem in liking both worlds c:

TL;DR 
announcement in June
available in December

TL;DR 
announcement in June
available in December